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ITEM 6.1 Duke Gateway North Business Park 6G1 F 0 ot MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT INFORMATION Request for City Council Action ORIG[NATING DEPARTMENT: REQUESTOR: MEETING DATE: Administration Lori Johnson, City Administrator February 10, 2014 PRESENTER(s): REVIEWED BY: ITEM #: Lori Johnson, City Administrator 6.1 AGENDA ITEM DETAILS RECOMMENDATION: Recommend approval of the attached resolution calling for a public hearing for the Duke Gateway North Business Park 6, Lot 1 Block 1 project tax abatement as defined in the previously approved Development Agreement for Gateway North Business Park dated September 11, 2006. ARE YOU SEEKING APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT? No IS A PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED? No BACKGRO U N D{J USTI F [CATION: At the December 9, 20131 City Council meeting the Council discussed a proposed development in Gateway North Business Park and Duke Realty Limited Partnership's request for the City's approval of tax abatement as approved in the previously executed Development Agreement. The Council directed staff to proceed with processing Duke's tax abatement request. On February 3, 2014, the Planning Commission recommended to the Council approval of the Gateway North Business Park 6, Lot 1 Block 1 final plat and site plan. The Council will act on the proposal on February 10, 2014, prior to taking action on this tax abatement item. The next step in the tax abatement process after approval of the final plat and site plan is approval of a resolution calling fora public hearing. The resolution calls for the public hearing to be held on March 101 2014. The notice states that the abatement amount is $500,000; however, the actual amount will be less. The total for all tax abatement projects, this one and the previously approved abatement, in Gateway North is $500,000. The amount of this project will be determined before the public hearing. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS: x ATTACHED ❑ NONE Resolution Calling fora Public Hearing on Proposed Property Tax Abatements for the Gateway North Project POSSIBLE MOTION Please word motion as you would like it to appear in the minutes. Motion to approve Resolution 2014-11 a Resolution Calling for a Public Hearing on Proposed Property Tax Abatements for the Gateway North Project. BUDGET INFORMATION FUNDING: N/A ACTION TAKEN BUDGETED: ❑ YES ❑ APPROVED AS REQUESTED ❑ DENIED ❑ TABLED ❑ OTHER (List changes) COMMENTS: CITY OF OTSEGO COUNTY OF WRIGHT STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 2014-11 RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENTS FOR THE GATEWAY NORTH PROJECT BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council (the "Council") of the City of Otsego, Minnesota (the "City"), as follows: 1. Recitals. (a) Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.1812 through 469.1816, as amended, both inclusive, authorize the City, upon satisfaction of certain conditions, to grant an abatement of all or a part of the taxes levied by the City on real property within its boundaries. (b) It is a legal requirement that the City hold a public hearing prior to adoption of a resolution granting any property tax abatements. 2. Hearing. A public hearing on the consideration of the property tax abatement will be held at the time and place set forth in the Notice of Hearing attached hereto as Exhibit A and hereby made a part hereof. 3. Notice. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause notice of said hearing in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A to be given one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the City at least 10 days but not more than 3 0 days before the hearing. The newspaper must be one of general interest and readership in the City, and the notice must be published at least once. Councilmember moved for the adoption of the foregoing resolution, and said motion was duly seconded by C ouncilmemb er , and upon a vote being taken thereon after full discussion thereof, the following voted in favor thereof: and the following voted against the same: whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. 5930415vl Adopted on February 10, 2014, by the Otsego City Council. Mayor Attest: City Clerk 59304I5vl CITY CLERK'S CERTIFICATE I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting Clerk of the City of Otsego, Minnesota the "City"), DO HEREBY CERTIFY that I have compared the attached and foregoing extract of minutes with the original thereof on file in my office, and that the same is a g g full, true and complete transcript of the minutes of a meeting of the City Council of the City, duly called and held on the date therein indicated, insofar as such minutes relate to the calling of a public hearing on a proposed property tax abatement. WITNESS my hand this day of February 2014. City Clerk Otsego, Minnesota 3 ExHIB IT A CITY OF OTSEGO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENTS FOR THE GATEWAY NORTH PROJECT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Otsego, Minnesota, will hold a public hearing at a meeting of the Council beginning at 7:00 p.m., on Monday, March 10, 2014, to be held at the Otsego Prairie Center, 8899 Nashua Avenue NE, Otsego, Minnesota, on the proposal that the City abate property taxes levied by the City on Parcel Identification Nos. Lot 1 Block 1 Gateway North 6 in the City (the "Property") for an approximately 300,000 square foot building (the "Improvements") to be constructed by the Dube Realty Limited Partnership (the "Recipient"). The total amount of the taxes proposed to be abated by the City on the Property for up to a ten year period is estimated to be not more than $500,000. The City Council will consider granting a property tax abatement in response to the request. Information about the proposed tax abatements and a copy of the draft Tax Abatement Agreement for the Recipient are available for inspection at the office of the Director of the Economic Development Authority at the City Hall during regular business hours. Any person with residence in or the owner of taxable property in the City may file a written complaint with the City if the City fails to comply with Minnesota Statutes, Sections I 16J. 9 93 to 11 6J.995, and no action may be filed against the City for the failure to comply unless a written complaint is filed. All interested persons may appear at the March 10th public hearing and present their views orally or in writing. A-1 5930415v1